Geography
Which peninsula is home to the birthplace of Islam?
Arabian Peninsula
Who is the key person associated with the founding of Islam
Muhammad
In which city did Islam begin?
Mecca
What kind of buildings did they put around the empire?
Hospitals and schools
What is calligraphy?
visual art of producing beautiful, stylized handwriting
What two major rivers flow through Mesopotamia and helped civilizations develop there?
Tigris and Euphrates
What is the sacred text of Islam?
Qu'ran
What language helped connect people across the Islamic world?
Arabic
How did they make improvements in the study of geography?
They made better maps
What is one feature commonly found in traditional Islamic art?
Geometric patterns, symmetry, floral designs, or calligraphy
Which body of water lies between the Arabian Peninsula and northeastern Africa?
Red Sea
What does monotheism mean ?
Belief in only one God
Identify two ways Islam spread to new regions.
Through military conquest, trade, and peaceful conversion
How did they make improvements to the human body?
Medicine
Why was Arabic important to the spread of Islamic culture?
Arabic was used in the Quran and helped people communicate religious ideas and share knowledge across different regions.
Which sea connects to the Mediterranean Sea through the Turkish Straits and lies north of Turkey?
Black Sea
What are the 5 pillars of islam?
They guide worship, generosity, self-discipline, and community responsibility.
How did merchants help spread Islam to places beyond the Arabian Peninsula?
Merchants traveled along trade routes, interacted with different communities, and shared their religious beliefs and cultural practice
How did advances in mathematics help merchants conduct business?
Mathematics helped merchants calculate prices, measure goods, track profits, and solve trade problem
What is the name of the Islamic sacred text?
The Qu'ran
A merchant travels from the Arabian Peninsula toward India by sea. Which body of water would the merchant cross, and which major gulf lies between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran
Arabian Sea; Persian Gulf
The Five Pillars are the declaration of faith, prayer, giving to charity, fasting during Ramadan, and pilgrimage to Mecca.
A ruler conquers a new territory, merchants introduce Islam through trade, and some people adopt Islam over time. Explain how these three processes differ in spreading a religion.
Conquest spreads political control and may introduce a religion; trade allows people to encounter and learn about a religion through contact; conversion occurs when individuals choose to adopt the religion. Conquest did not automatically mean everyone converted
How could Islamic scholars' medical writings help doctors in later generations?
They recorded medical knowledge, described illnesses and treatments, and shared information that other doctors could study and build upon
How did libraries and centers of learning help Islamic culture develop?
They preserved books, supported scholarship, and allowed people to study and exchange ideas.